Credentials and experience
The leadership behind every project
Plantek West is led by Sandra Burga and Octavio Rezende, two principals who stay directly involved from the first feasibility conversation through design, permitting, construction and close-out.
Credentials & Experience
Experience Behind Every Project
Plantek West combines 25+ years of industry experience with an integrated approach to design, construction, development, and project delivery.
Every project receives direct, senior-level attention from initial feasibility and planning through design, permitting, construction, and close-out. Clients benefit from a highly responsive, hands-on approach, with experienced leadership guiding critical decisions, coordinating the project team, and maintaining continuity throughout the process.
Our project teams bring together the appropriate design professionals, engineers, technical consultants, contractors, and specialty expertise based on the unique requirements of each assignment. This flexible, multidisciplinary approach allows Plantek West to provide the depth of resources needed for projects of varying size and complexity while maintaining the personalized attention our clients value.
The result is a streamlined and collaborative process with experienced leadership, coordinated technical expertise, and accountability from concept through completion.
Leadership
Two principals, one process. Both are involved directly in the projects they lead.
Sandra Burga, M.Arch, CID, MBA
Managing Director | Development, Design & Construction
Sandra Burga brings more than 25 years of experience across development, design, construction and project leadership. Her multidisciplinary background combines design, business and construction, allowing her to guide projects from early feasibility and development strategy through design, permitting, budgeting and construction.
Her experience spans residential and multifamily development, hospitality, healthcare, commercial and institutional projects, including complex capital programs and more than $1 billion in project experience.
Selected Highlights
- Harvard Business School Alumni
- Master of Architecture - UCLA
- MBA - Pepperdine University
- Bachelor of Architecture - Cal Poly Pomona
- California Licensed General Contractor
- Certified Interior Designer
- 25+ Years in Development, Design & Construction
- $1B+ in Project Experience
Leadership & Recognition
- Founder & Former Executive Director - LALESA
- Habitat for Humanity / ReBUILD LA
- 20 Successful Women in Leadership
- Award-Winning Cal Poly Pomona Concours d'Elegance Master Plan
Octavio Rezende
Senior Designer | Residential & Hillside Design
Octavio Rezende brings more than 40 years of design experience, with particular expertise in custom residential and complex hillside projects. He holds a degree in Architecture from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and began his career in hospitality design with Hirsch Bedner.
His extensive background spans custom homes, hillside residences, hospitality, interiors, furniture and yacht design. His experience is particularly valuable on challenging sites, where thoughtful design must respond to topography, views, site constraints and the individual needs of each project.
Octavio brings a highly experienced design perspective to the Plantek West team, developing distinctive solutions that balance design, functionality and constructability from early concepts and site planning through design development.
Selected Highlights
- 40+ Years of Design Experience
- Degree in Architecture - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
- Hillside & Custom Residential Design
- Hospitality, Interior, Furniture & Yacht Design
- Roscoe Award - Furniture Design
- ShowBoats Award - Yacht Design
Areas of expertise
- Feasibility studies for residential, commercial and development projects
- Entitlements, conditional use permits and variances
- Plan check management and agency clearances
- ADU and small residential project delivery
- Commercial tenant improvements and multi-site rollouts
- Construction management and owner's representation
Community memberships
Plantek West is an active member of the Corona del Mar Chamber of Commerce, Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce and the Malibu Pacific Palisades Chamber of Commerce. Those relationships keep us close to the owners, brokers and city staff we work with in Corona del Mar, Newport Beach and Malibu, alongside the rest of our Southern California work.
Offices and service areas
Santa Monica
3435 Ocean Park Blvd. Ste 107
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Fullerton
1038 E Bastanchury Rd Ste 162
Fullerton, CA 92835
Speak with our team directly
Same day appointments are available, and every enquiry reaches the studio inbox immediately. Call 657-588-2720 or send a message below.